Life of Pi - Vegetarian Preferences Discussed in Life of Pi
Gita Patel:
My sons and I are vegetarians. Do you have anything…? No, no, no. Not more gravy.
Cook:
You don't want gravy?
Gita Patel:
No, I want something vegetarian.
Cook:
Oh. No problem.
Santosh Patel:
She asked if you have something vegetarian.
Cook:
The cow that produced this liver was vegetarian, the pigs that went into these sausages were vegetarian.
Santosh Patel:
Very funny. But my wife doesn't eat liver.
Cook:
Then she can eat the sausage, the rice, and the gravy. Or you can cook your own food.
Santosh Patel:
How dare you talk to my wife like that?
Cook:
Here's your rice. I cook for sailors, not curry-eaters.
Santosh Patel: [strangles him]
What did you say?!
Cook:
Let go of me! Who do you think you are? You're nothing but a servant! I feed people! You feed monkeys!
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Life of Pi - Navigating Faith and Family Expectations
Santosh Patel:
You only need to convert to three more religions, Piscine, and you will spend your life on holiday.
Ravi Patel: [laughing; [Jesus]
Are you going to Mecca this year, Swami ]? Or to Rome for your coronation as Pope Pius?
Gita Patel:
You stay out of this, Ravi. Just as you like cricket, Pi has his own interests.
Santosh Patel:
No, Gita, Ravi has a point. You cannot follow three different religions at the same time, Piscine.
Pi Patel:
Why not?
Santosh Patel:
Because, believing in everything at the same time, is the same as not believing in anything at all.
Gita Patel:
He's young, Santosh. He's still finding his way.
Santosh Patel: [[reason; [science; [understanding]
And how can he find his way if he does not choose a path? Listen, instead of leaping from one religion to the next, why not start with ]? In a few hundred years, ] has taken us farther in ] the universe than religion has in 10,000.
Gita Patel: [touches chest]
That is true. Your father is right. Science can teach us more about what is out there, but not what is in here.
Santosh Patel: [[expect; Pi nods]
Some eat meat, some eat vegetable. I do not ] us to all agree about everything, but I would much rather have you believe in something I don't agree with than to accept everything blindly. And that begins with thinking rationally. You understand? Good.
Pi Patel:
I would like to be baptized.
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